The US accreditation system and the CRE's quality audits - a comparative study

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 184-196

  Amaral, Alberto M s c ^a  

^a Fundacao das Universidades Portuguesas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Europe; Improvement; Quality audit; Universities; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082130     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810242173     Document Type: Review

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